Archive for the ‘Film Music News’ Category

The Guild of Music Supervisors today announced the nominations for its 14th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which will take place at an in-person and and virtual awards gala at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 3, 2024. The awards will recognize outstanding Music Supervisors representing Motion Picture, Television, Games, Trailers […]

Laurie Johnson (1927-2024)

Posted: January 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Laurie Johnson has passed away last Tuesday, January 16, at age 96. The British composer has written numerous scores for TV and film between the late 1950s and early 90s. His best television scoring credits include the 60s spy classic The Avengers and its 1976 sequel series The New Avengers, ITV’s The Professionals & Jason King, […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi thriller I.S.S. directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and starring Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, Pilou Asbæk, Masha Mashkova, John Gallagher Jr. and Costa Ronin. The film’s original music is composed by Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Fate: The Winx Saga, The Dropout, Mrs. Wilson, Lost Girls, Calibre, The Pale Horse, This Beautiful Fantastic). No […]

2024 BAFTA Nominations Announced

Posted: January 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2024 EE British Academy Film Awards, including the five nominees in the music category. The organization has previously released a shortlist of ten titles last month. The winners will be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, February 18 at […]

Ludwig Göransson was honored with his first Critics Choice Award in the Best Score category for his music for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer at tonight’s 29th Critics Choice Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The other composers nominated in the category were Jerskin Fendrix for Poor Things, Michael Giacchino for Society of the Snow, Daniel Pemberton for […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the musical comedy Mean Girls directed by Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. and starring Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Reneé Rapp, Avantika, Jaquel Spivey, Jenna Fischer, Bebe Wood. Christopher Briney, Busy Philipps, Tim Meadows and Tina Fey. The film’s original score is composed by Jeff Richmond (30 Rock, Unbreakable […]

51st Annie Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: January 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 51st Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees: Best Music – Feature Elemental – Thomas Newman, Ari “LAUV” Leff – Pixar Animation Studios Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin – Sony Pictures Animation Suzume – Kazuma Jinnouchi, […]

Apple TV+ has released the opening title sequence from the streamer’s new 9-part limited series Masters of the Air featuring the show’s main title theme composed by Emmy Award winner Blake Neely (The Pacific, The Flight Attendant, The Flash, Everwood, You, Good Night Oppy, Arrow, Riverdale, Greyhound). Check out the full sequence after the jump. Masters […]

The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 60th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside re-recording, production, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Kirsty Whalley for Greta Gerwig’s […]

John Powell has received his first Emmy Award for his score from Davis Guggenheim’s Apple TV+ original documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Specialcategory at tonight’s second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. In the Outstanding Music Direction category, […]